Prepostion or adverb 1. my friends and i looked around for our sleds. jamie had never been sledding before. fill-in-the-blank identify the preposition 3. the legendary pony express rode its way into american history. 4.the rider's trail began at st. joseph, missouri. 5. a weary rider would often reach california in 10 days. 6. earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun. 7. neptune is an ocean blue color, so it was named for the god of the sea.

1. AROUND - adverb (It relates to the word looked in the sentence. The word around tells how he and his friends looked.)

2. BEFORE - adverb (The word before is an adverb when it is not followed by a noun, and preposition if it is followed by a noun. In this case, it is an adverb.)

3. into

4. at

5. in

6. on, around

7. for, of

6. Earth rotates on its axis and revolves around the sun

CORRECTION (and)

7. Neptune is an ocean blue color so it was named for the god of the sea.

CORRECTION (so)  Corrected answers

two factors or characteristics of a chapter that might make it difficult to read would be words i don't understand, or if i don't fully understand what's going on in the chapter. strategies i can use to get through the difficult material would be a dictionary, and re-reading previous chapters to get a better grasp of what the author is trying to say.